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Active voice
Passive voice
voice
Sentence Structures
Passive of imperative sentences
Forms of passive verbs
General Rule According To Tense

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Voice is the quality of a verb which indicates
whether the subject acts or is being acted
upon.
 Active voice
 Passive voice

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The voice used to indicate that the
grammatical subject of the verb is
performing the action or causing the
happening denoted by the verb.
 The boy hit the ball.

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 Active voice adds clarity and places
responsibility where it belongs
 Active voice can make our writing more
vivid

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The voice used to indicate that the
grammatical subject of the verb is the
recipient (not the source) of the action
denoted by the verb.
 The ball was hit. (Or, "The ball was hit by the boy")

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 If the action is more important then the agent.
 If the agent is not known.
 To connect ideas in different clauses or
sentences more clearly.

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MODALs
Active Voice Passive Voice
• Should take
• Can take
• Could take
• May take
• Might take
• Must take
• Ought to take
• Should be taken
• Can be taken
• Could be taken
• May be taken
• Might be taken
• Must be taken
• Ought to be taken

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I. linking verb
 am
 is
 are
 was
 were
 be
 being
 been
The passive voice requires a "double
verb"
II. The main verb in the form of past
participle

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NOUNS
Active
Voice
Passive
Voice
• I
• We
• You
• He
• She
• It
• They
• Sham
• By me
• By us
• By you
• By him
• By her
• By it
• By them
• By sham
 Often passive voice sentences will
contain a preposition "by" .

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Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple
Present
• Take
• Takes
• Is taken
• Are taken
Present
Continuou
s
• Am taking
• Is taking
• Are taking
• Is being taken
• Are being taken
Present
Perfect
• Has taken
• Have taken
• Has been taken
• Have been taken

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Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple Past • Took
• Was taken
• Were taken
Past
Continuous
• Was taking
• Were taking
• Was being taken
• Were being taken
Past
Perfect
• Had taken • Had been taken

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Subject ( Doer ) + Verb + Object
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past
participle)
let + subject +be (not) +past participle

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